M0017079EC: Aboriginal face mask, Australia: inside view

Date:
1958
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/153/67
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view M0017079EC: Aboriginal face mask, Australia: inside view

Contains: 1 image

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

You can use this work for any purpose, including commercial uses, without restriction under copyright law. You should also provide attribution to the original work, source and licence. Read more about this licence.

Credit

M0017079EC: Aboriginal face mask, Australia: inside view. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a wooden face mask painted with a black and white design made by Aboriginal people from near Roebuck Bay, Australia. It was part of the Tabor Collection presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in May 1929 and was accessioned in 1937 (accession number R3835/1937). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A78467). Related images: M0017079EA, M0017079EB

Publication/Creation

1958

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 12.7 x 10.2 cm photographic print; 11.8 x 9 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the item: R3835/1937

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

  • Location Access
    Closed stores
    		 Can't be requested

    Note

Permanent link